Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.

Tomokazu Sobajima

Kenta Kuwayama

Norihiko Ishihara

Tomohiro Kubo

Tatsuya Nomura

An object is to enhance the assembly of a breather pipe which is accommodated in a filler pipe. A nozzle guide () that is arranged within a filler pipe () includes: a main body portion () that guides the insertion and removal of a refueling nozzle (); and a connection member (to) that is provided on an outer circumferential surface () of the main body portion () and in which an upper end portion () of the connection member is located, in a tank direction (TD) extending from a refueling port (FC) toward a fuel tank (FT), on a downstream side with respect to a tip end portion () of the refueling nozzle (), and the connection member (to) includes: a connection portion () connected to a breather pipe () that is arranged within the filler pipe (); and a vapor flow path formation portion () that forms part of a vapor flow path () for the fuel vapor that flows in through the breather pipe () and the connection portion ().

Nozzle guide

A fuel tank joint includes a tubular joint body and an entry restriction member. The joint body includes a support portion. The entry restriction member includes a body tube, a groove, a guide, and an engagement hook. The body tube has opposite open ends in the flow direction of fuel. The groove extends upstream from the downstream end of the body tube and is engaged with the support portion. The guide is formed in part of the body tube that includes the downstream end of the body tube and guides the groove to the support portion by contacting the support portion when the body tube is inserted into the joint body. The engagement hook is formed in a downstream end section of the body tube and engaged with the support portion, from a downstream side, in a state in which the groove is engaged with the support portion.

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Kiyosu, Japan

Tomokazu Sobajima